Grant Hill beats Kobe with the spin move... AGAIN!

Grant spins and lays it up around Kobe! He schooled him once again!

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[RyanTheSunsFan]

Grant Hill is the best

[basketballfan88]

I went to that game...

[81broncoman]

@diplomat4563

Actually Kobe is one of the WORST closers in the league. The league average for clutch shooting is 31%, Kobe shoots 24%, but takes more clutch shots than anybody in the league so he has to make one once in a while. Last season, Kobe wasn't even the SECOND most valuable player on his team in producing wins, Pau was first and Lamar was second in total win shares and win shares per 48 minutes, but averaged twice the shots per minute of Pau, nearly four times lamar. Kobe = Ball Hog

[diplomat4563]

@81broncoman also, if kobe is a locker room cancer, how can you explain two championships and three finals appearances in a row? (are you implying that they would have went despite him?) Also, intangibles are definitely still positive even though he is getting up there in age! Still an okay defender, and kobe is still one of the best closers in the league, no one is perfect, but he is still the best in the last 5 minutes of any game!

[diplomat4563]

@81broncoman i'm not trying to argue with you or anything, but sometimes, i think people know what to expect from players like kobe, lebron, dwade, melo, dirk, etc so they try to say someone else on the team is more valuable to the team because, since you know those players for the most part (*cough* except lebron, lol) are going to show up always ready to play and give you the same production, the inconsistent players like a odom, bynum, gasol, chris bosh are more valuable! what do you think?

[diplomat4563]

@81broncoman see those percentages are deceiving, those games that kobe sits, are games that they were probably going to win anyway! kobe hasn't really missed too many important games, so unlike Memphis this past year, the Lakers haven't had to go through an important stretch of games without kobe! and what did Pau do against Boston in games 3, 4, 5? he also played horribly defensively and late in those games they lose! Gasol is important to LA but not more important or valuable than kobe!

[81broncoman]

@diplomat4563

Heres a fantastic career stat for the Shotjacker: In all of kobes games, the lakers have a 63% win rate. When he sits due to injury, apathy, or any combination of things, 64% win rate.

The analyst who said Kobe would be MVP if he lost was lying. He wasn't the MVP even though he won, Gasol recorded more win shares.

Kobe takes poor shots in critical possessions and turns the ball over. His 'intangibles' are negative, not positive, Locker room cancer and self-righteous attitude.

[diplomat4563]

@81broncoman also, ask yourself this, minus kobe from the lakers... are the lakers better than memphis, thunder, portland, dallas, spurs, nuggets, heat, boston, chicago, etc? (since you suggest kobe isn't the best player on the team, you should minus the second best player from all those teams and evaluate what i just asked you! or you can replace kobe with those 2 guards you recommend and then see which teams are better!)

[diplomat4563]

@81broncoman in conclusion if u take kobe off the lakers and replace him with 2 guards as u suggested, you'd have 2 b fair about the situation n have 2 put him in a equal situation! if you do that, kobe team will go further than the lakers! I guarantee that! Stats only tell part of the story when defining a player, i'm not saying they aren't important, but sometimes you have to dig deeper! no kobe lakers are done! sometimes i wish kobe would get traded, just to prove a point to the haters!

[diplomat4563]

without kobe and replace him with an a guard that you are suggesting, the lakers are a team like portland, or the grizzlies without rudy gay! they would be a solid team, and could possibly get a ring like dallas did this year, but they wouldn't have went to the finals 3 years in a row and won back to back!

[diplomat4563]

@81broncoman Bynum and Gasol aren't better than Marc Gasol nor Zach Randolph and the grizzlies have conley, mayo, gay, and defensive players. I doubt the grizzlies would beat the lakers with kobe, but without kobe and replace kobe with two good guards who shot 50%, the lakers would lose to the grizzlies!